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FIGURE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI. 191s.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

JAMISON O. HAWKINS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed July 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMIsoN O. HAW- .KINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Figure Toys and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in figure toys, and has for its object to provide an article of this type so constructed that a child can pull the same over a pavement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy constructed in such a manner that the figure will sway backwardly and forwardly as the toy is being pulled over the pavement, the figure being so formed as to imitate the antics of a clown.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a top of this type constructed in such a manner that the figure will be limited in its swaying movement.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the toy. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates the axle which is supported at, its ends by wheels 2, said wheels being rotatably connected to the axles.

A casing 3 is provided and is provided with a top 4, and to which is fixed the axle 1, said casing having mounted therein a block of lead 5, which serves as a weight,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 38,503.

which permits the casing to swing during formed from a piece of thin wood or fiber so that the same will be resilient. v,To the ends of the bar 7 are attached bells 8, which will be sounded during the swaying of the figure 6, and since the bar '7 is resilient vibration incident to the traveling of the toy will cause said bar to flex, thus aiding in the sounding of the bells.

Fixed centrally of the front wall of the casing 1 is a ring 9, and to which one end of a cord 10 is attached, the other end of which being grasped by the child pulling the toy.

The cord 10 will be constantly jerked as the child walks, thus rocking the casing 1, which action causes the figure to sway backwardly and forwardly to impart to the figure 6 a motion simulating that of a clown.

What is claimed is:

A toy of the class described comprising a wheeled supported axle, a casing attached to the axle and having a weight mounted therein, a figure supported by the casing, a horizontal resilient bar supported by the hands of the figure and having bells connected to each end thereof, and means for propelling the toy.

In testimony whereof, I a'lfix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMISON O. HAWKINS.

Witnesses:

GUsTAv M. KLAUs, JOHN G. HOYER.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of- Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

